I've noticed this problem for years on Windows XP, probably, but now it starts to really bug me:
I have an icon on the desktop which is a shortcut to the .EXE of a file manager application (http://ndn.muxe.com). That icon has a shortcut key to it, Ctrl+Alt+N. I extremely often switch to this application, so I press the shortcut key maybe once every minute or two throughout the entire working day.
The problem is that often, Windows will NOT switch to the application when I press the keyboard shortcut, but very slowly, only after perhaps half a minute.
If I press Alt+Tab, or if I double-click the application icon, Windows switches to it immediately. If I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, then Escape, the taskbar will disappear, and will get refreshed only after about 30 seconds.
Is there a way to fix this? I'm even willing to install some shortcut keyboard software if Wnidows XP Pro can't get this straight.
I've also noticed the same thing, and it's happened pretty much always. Haven't found any kind of correlation to any running programs, so no idea what's happening. Every few months I'll google around to see if I can find a solution, but I've had as much luck as you have had.
"Dan D" wrote: > I've noticed this problem for years on Windows XP, probably, but now > it starts to really bug me:
> I have an icon on the desktop which is a shortcut to the .EXE of a > file manager application (http://ndn.muxe.com). That icon has a > shortcut key to it, Ctrl+Alt+N. I extremely often switch to this > application, so I press the shortcut key maybe once every minute or > two throughout the entire working day.
> The problem is that often, Windows will NOT switch to the application > when I press the keyboard shortcut, but very slowly, only after > perhaps half a minute.
> If I press Alt+Tab, or if I double-click the application icon, Windows > switches to it immediately. If I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, then Escape, the > taskbar will disappear, and will get refreshed only after about 30 > seconds.
> Is there a way to fix this? I'm even willing to install some shortcut > keyboard software if Wnidows XP Pro can't get this straight.
> I've also noticed the same thing, and it's happened pretty much always. > Haven't found any kind of correlation to any running programs, so no idea > what's happening. Every few months I'll google around to see if I can > find a > solution, but I've had as much luck as you have had.
> "Dan D" wrote:
>> I've noticed this problem for years on Windows XP, probably, but now >> it starts to really bug me:
>> I have an icon on the desktop which is a shortcut to the .EXE of a >> file manager application (http://ndn.muxe.com). That icon has a >> shortcut key to it, Ctrl+Alt+N. I extremely often switch to this >> application, so I press the shortcut key maybe once every minute or >> two throughout the entire working day.
>> The problem is that often, Windows will NOT switch to the application >> when I press the keyboard shortcut, but very slowly, only after >> perhaps half a minute.
>> If I press Alt+Tab, or if I double-click the application icon, Windows >> switches to it immediately. If I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, then Escape, the >> taskbar will disappear, and will get refreshed only after about 30 >> seconds.
>> Is there a way to fix this? I'm even willing to install some shortcut >> keyboard software if Wnidows XP Pro can't get this straight.
What does that patch do? It seems to be quicker to load, although it intermittently still seems to take 5 seconds or so (although it's definitely better than almost always taking 10-15 seconds!).
> "Daniel F" <Daniel F...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:34EBC560-961B-4169-83E9-FC53768AFFA1@microsoft.com... > > I've also noticed the same thing, and it's happened pretty much always. > > Haven't found any kind of correlation to any running programs, so no idea > > what's happening. Every few months I'll google around to see if I can > > find a > > solution, but I've had as much luck as you have had.
> > "Dan D" wrote:
> >> I've noticed this problem for years on Windows XP, probably, but now > >> it starts to really bug me:
> >> I have an icon on the desktop which is a shortcut to the .EXE of a > >> file manager application (http://ndn.muxe.com). That icon has a > >> shortcut key to it, Ctrl+Alt+N. I extremely often switch to this > >> application, so I press the shortcut key maybe once every minute or > >> two throughout the entire working day.
> >> The problem is that often, Windows will NOT switch to the application > >> when I press the keyboard shortcut, but very slowly, only after > >> perhaps half a minute.
> >> If I press Alt+Tab, or if I double-click the application icon, Windows > >> switches to it immediately. If I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, then Escape, the > >> taskbar will disappear, and will get refreshed only after about 30 > >> seconds.
> >> Is there a way to fix this? I'm even willing to install some shortcut > >> keyboard software if Wnidows XP Pro can't get this straight.
> What does that patch do? It seems to be quicker to load, although it > intermittently still seems to take 5 seconds or so (although it's > definitely > better than almost always taking 10-15 seconds!).
>> "Daniel F" <Daniel F...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:34EBC560-961B-4169-83E9-FC53768AFFA1@microsoft.com... >> > I've also noticed the same thing, and it's happened pretty much always. >> > Haven't found any kind of correlation to any running programs, so no >> > idea >> > what's happening. Every few months I'll google around to see if I can >> > find a >> > solution, but I've had as much luck as you have had.
>> > "Dan D" wrote:
>> >> I've noticed this problem for years on Windows XP, probably, but now >> >> it starts to really bug me:
>> >> I have an icon on the desktop which is a shortcut to the .EXE of a >> >> file manager application (http://ndn.muxe.com). That icon has a >> >> shortcut key to it, Ctrl+Alt+N. I extremely often switch to this >> >> application, so I press the shortcut key maybe once every minute or >> >> two throughout the entire working day.
>> >> The problem is that often, Windows will NOT switch to the application >> >> when I press the keyboard shortcut, but very slowly, only after >> >> perhaps half a minute.
>> >> If I press Alt+Tab, or if I double-click the application icon, Windows >> >> switches to it immediately. If I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, then Escape, the >> >> taskbar will disappear, and will get refreshed only after about 30 >> >> seconds.
>> >> Is there a way to fix this? I'm even willing to install some shortcut >> >> keyboard software if Wnidows XP Pro can't get this straight.
